Spiro carving

Part of the Cosmology in the New World project

Creator(s): Timothy Pauketat

Year: 2010

Summary

Carving representing the Braden A style, from Spiro, Oklahoma. Dates to AD 1200. This image is interpreted as the Morning Star by James Brown. According to Tim Pauketat and others, the long nosed god maskette earrings reference Tlaloc imagery.

Cite this Record

Spiro carving. Timothy Pauketat. 2010 ( tDAR id: 5707) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8V986PW


Keywords

Culture
Mississippian

Site Name
Spiro

Investigation Types
Methodology, Theory, or Synthesis

General
Earrings • Long-Nosed God • Morning Star • Tlaloc • Venus

Geographic Keywords
Midwest • Oklahoma • Spiro

Temporal Coverage

Calendar Date: 1200 to 1200

Spatial Coverage

min long: -94.85; min lat: 34.922 ; max long: -94.4; max lat: 35.537 ;

File Information

  Name Size Creation Date Date Uploaded Access
spiro-carving-of.tif 167.73kb Dec 9, 2010 2:47:03 PM Public